| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| Alfred Tennyson, Lord Tennyson. 1809–1892 |
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| 701. The Miller's Daughter |
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| IT is the miller's daughter, | |
| And she is grown so dear, so dear, | |
| That I would be the jewel | |
| That trembles in her ear: | |
| For hid in ringlets day and night, | 5 |
| I'd touch her neck so warm and white. | |
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| And I would be the girdle | |
| About her dainty dainty waist, | |
| And her heart would beat against me, | |
| In sorrow and in rest: | 10 |
| And I should know if it beat right, | |
| I'd clasp it round so close and tight. | |
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| And I would be the necklace, | |
| And all day long to fall and rise | |
| Upon her balmy bosom, | 15 |
| With her laughter or her sighs: | |
| And I would lie so light, so light, | |
| I scarce should be unclasp'd at night. | |
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